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FPA-7090

Borders General Hospital thinning

Expired Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

  • SF - Selective Felling

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Register grid reference: NT532340 · 100 × 100 m grid square

Boundary source · Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Country
Scotland
Woodland
Woodland along boundry of BGH and adj to A6091
Nearest town
Melrose
Local authority
Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration
South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference
NT532340
Total area
0.90 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

  1. Application registered 6 February 2020
  2. Application accepted 6 February 2020
  3. Consultation opens 13 February 2020
  4. Consultation closes 13 February 2020
  5. Decision issued 13 February 2020
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2022
  7. First archived 27 July 2026
  8. Last seen on the register 27 July 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-7090

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window
13 Feb 2020
Felling area
0.9 ha
Estimated volume
—

Species in felling operations

Mixed broadleavesMixed conifers

Proposed restocking species

HollyYew

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt Operation Species Area Age Trees Volume Marking
1 Selective Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.75 ha 45 yr 90 — Paint
2 Selective Felling Mixed broadleaves 0.1 ha 45 yr 3 — Paint
1 Selective Felling Mixed conifers 0.05 ha 45 yr 20 — Paint

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt Proposal Species / land use % of site Area Density / ha Trees Alternative site
1 Restock with individual trees Yew 50% 0.4 ha — 75 —
1 Restock with individual trees Holly 50% 0.4 ha — 75 —
2 Restock with individual trees Yew 50% 0.05 ha — 35 —
2 Restock with individual trees Holly 50% 0.05 ha — 35 -/

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
FPA-7089 Borders General Hospital Location

Melrose

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 49 m away Area 0.1 ha Decision issued
CB03189 Eildon Estate Location

Selkirk

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 998 m away Area 11.6 ha Decision issued
FPA-13420 Sunnyside Farm Location

Darnick

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 1.0 km away Area 2.88 ha Approved
FLA01283 Sunnyside Farm Location

MELROSE

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 1.4 km away Area 0.2 ha Decision issued
FPA-11427 Melrose Golf Club Location

Melrose

Scottish Borders

Status Expired Distance 1.5 km away Area 8.81 ha Decision issued

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application Location Status Distance Area Key date
22FGS65825 Bowden moor phase 2 sheep and trees Location

Melrose

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 2.3 km away Area 49.98 ha Approved
22FGS65805 Bowden moor Phase 1 Location

Melrose

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 2.3 km away Area 7.18 ha Approved
20FGS54444 TTH Oakendean BL Wood Location

Melrose

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 2.6 km away Area 5.7 ha Approved
20FGS53203 Langlee Mains Native Woodland Location

Galashiels

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 3.3 km away Area 6.79 ha Approved
19FGS43263 Easter Langlee woodland 2019 Location

JEDBURGH

Scottish Borders

Status Approved Distance 3.4 km away Area 2.16 ha Approved

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

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  1. StandingWire added data from the PDF

    Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Expired

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